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Since I am completely setup for OTA, they can keep their Lansing locals...and I'm 40 miles south of Lansing. I get all OTA channels available in our DMA perfectly fine with a $50 antenna...anyone living in Lansing with D* and isnt getting their locals via OTA, that's their problem, and it would be so easy to correct for them it isnt even funny. Besides, we wont be getting any sub-channels if past history is the measure.

Since I am completely setup for OTA, they can keep their Lansing locals...and I'm 40 miles south of Lansing. I get all OTA channels available in our DMA perfectly fine with a $50 antenna...anyone living in Lansing with D* and isnt getting their locals via OTA, that's their problem, and it would be so easy to correct for them it isnt even funny. Besides, we wont be getting any sub-channels if past history is the measure.

The trick is NBC (Channel 10 WILX? from Jackson). This year wanted to watch MSU / ND game. Had a terrible time getting my Dad's OTA antenna to pull it in. He's not going to put an antenna on the roof so his HD Antenna Settup is the best he'll be able to do.

Since I am completely setup for OTA, they can keep their Lansing locals...and I'm 40 miles south of Lansing. I get all OTA channels available in our DMA perfectly fine with a $50 antenna...anyone living in Lansing with D* and isnt getting their locals via OTA, that's their problem, and it would be so easy to correct for them it isnt even funny. Besides, we wont be getting any sub-channels if past history is the measure.

Not everyone wants to deal with OTA and buying AM21's for their HD receivers. Our market finally getting HD locals is a good thing.

When you see the drop in PQ you may not sing the same tune. While it may be ok for the masses, any of us critical viewers would use OTA for every channel if we had the choice, it always has better PQ....less affected by weather, etc. there are many benefits to OTA. Like I said before, anyone who has been a D* customer for awhile and is serious about getting their locals in HD in a non-served market, would have already dealt with the OTA situation including adding AM21's to the newer models.

When you see the drop in PQ you may not sing the same tune. While it may be ok for the masses, any of us critical viewers would use OTA for every channel if we had the choice, it always has better PQ....less affected by weather, etc. there are many benefits to OTA. Like I said before, anyone who has been a D* customer for awhile and is serious about getting their locals in HD in a non-served market, would have already dealt with the OTA situation including adding AM21's to the newer models.

The drop in PQ will be negligible. In fact, I was able to compare ABC 53 to the D* feed while watching NASCAR Hotpass a couple of years ago and the D* version was identical.

When you see the drop in PQ you may not sing the same tune. While it may be ok for the masses, any of us critical viewers would use OTA for every channel if we had the choice, it always has better PQ....less affected by weather, etc. there are many benefits to OTA. Like I said before, anyone who has been a D* customer for awhile and is serious about getting their locals in HD in a non-served market, would have already dealt with the OTA situation including adding AM21's to the newer models.

I guess it can come down to where you live...

A few rare days aside, my local FOX affiliate's PQ is equal to that of OTA.I cannot receive my CBS affiliate, so I cannot comment on the difference between the signals.My PBS appears to be equal.My NBC affiliate however appears to be slightly soft compared to OTA...

As for being less affected by weather, it can depend on your circumstances. Certain times of the year, I can actually count on my DirecTV signal to be less affected by the weather, than my antenna.

I'm very grateful for my locals... sure, I wish they'd add ABC in HD, and I wish my local CW affiliate offered HD for DirecTV to carry it, but overall, I'm just glad I don't have to do without them.

The trick is NBC (Channel 10 WILX? from Jackson). This year wanted to watch MSU / ND game. Had a terrible time getting my Dad's OTA antenna to pull it in. He's not going to put an antenna on the roof so his HD Antenna Settup is the best he'll be able to do.

I usually don't even bother asking for all the obvious reasons but being the Directv HD Locals page on their website show NO upcoming HD Locals for anyone and Satelliteracer does appear to be in a good mood ;-) I might as well. Any chance our market finally gets our HD locals? If you can't answer that's fine. If you can that's awesome! I wonder if Tebow could help move things along?

Not everyone wants to deal with OTA and buying AM21's for their HD receivers. Our market finally getting HD locals is a good thing.

Not to mention that DirecTV does a horrible job of managing the AM21 database. I had hope for the OTA addon with the AM21 but still cant receive the local FOX station in HD on the AM21 because "there's no capacity".

I only have 1 antenna and 1 AM21 and 2 HD Receivers. Would love to get HD on my upstairs receiver without having to do the 'country fix' and recording the show I want downstairs and watching it in the upstairs room...